A cephalic projection neuron involved in locomotion is dye coupled to the dopaminergic neural network in the medicinal leech

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 4535-4542

  Crisp, Kevin M ^a   Mesce, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Crawling; Fictive locomotion; Hirudo medicinalis; Leech; Neuromodulation; Serotonin; Swimming

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LEECH; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; LEECHES; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS;

HIRUDINIDA; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 13144279362     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01315     Document Type: Article

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